attachment_fu is fantastic, but it’s a bit limited for some purposes. Ever wanted to upload data from a URL instead of making people upload files? It’s a common problem! Presume that we have a model named Image, which is our target for attachment_fu. Adding URL upload capability is surprisingly simple: class Image < ActiveRecord::Base # [...]
Category Archives: Rails
Sep
25
2008
Jabberish: making Rails talk back
Ever wanted to do IM from Rails? xmpp4r-simple makes it really easy to talk to Jabber clients (such as Google Talk users) from Ruby, but it’s not quite a cut-and-dried solution for your Rails apps. Fortunately, there’s Jabberish. Jabberish is a DRb-backed Jabber client designed for use in multi-server Rails apps. Just drop in the [...]
Sep
25
2008
site_config – painless custom configuration for your Rails project
site_config is a little plugin that addresses a problem lots of people seem to need to solve in their Rails apps: per-environment configuration variables. It’s very simple, but makes configuration dead-easy. To install it: script/plugin install git://github.com/cheald/site_config.git Once you have it installed, check out config/site_config.yml – there’s your config file. You’ll notice that it has [...]